Topic: Do you prefer anime with subs or dubs?

[barney]

How`s this for perverse:I prefer (if possible) to listen to a dub with the English subs on too.

[Aqekarue]

That's not too crazy. It allows you to enjoy the benefits of english dub while getting to read the original script (and see if there are any changes or jokes to be explained).

[ezikialrage]

I prefer dubs.I will watch subs if the series is only partially dubbed or if I can not get my hands on a dub. I do not think the voice acting in the dubs is any better than the subs. Nor can I tell which voice acting is better since I am only fluent in English and most anime watchers who are only fluent in English can not tell either. I do not enjoy reading little words on the bottom of the tv screen when I could be just listening to the audio to understand what they are saying.

[SonicxReiHino]

I say subs because they're more original and they're still watchable when your computer's sound is broken ^^;

[foxhead556]

I would say subs too since some dubs i just can't handle(dragon half) and plus reading subs isn't gonna kill ya -.-"

[Kasaioni]

Don't wanna resurrect too many topics on this site, but I gotta post in this one.

Some dubs are good, and some are bad. Simple.

An example of a good dub is The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, I feel Wendee Lee did a really good job as an English Haruhi as well as all the other voice actors for the English dub, they nailed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhoX1qj3pZw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yfXffMefLQ (Good job Crispin Freeman)

An example of a bad dub would be this, unsurprisingly;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erKwp23W_rY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qhq1PwX1qI

Now, did they actually still have Lum use the "datcha" dialect in the English dub? And did Ten say "Lamu"? First of all their voices don't really fit at all, and secondly, those kind of things only work if they're speaking in Japanese.

So, depending on what comes out of a dub if a series gets one, I'll watch one or the other. If the series gets a good dub, I watch the dub. If it get a bad one or none at all, then subs it is.

[cata]

Just one thing: feel free to resurrect old topics, as long as you don't expect an answer from really old users.

[FallinG_StaR]

We are all Pro life here... so resurrect as many as you like. Not all... just some, ok?

[foxhead556]

Devilman OVA had some bad dubs. They had lines/curses that weren't even in the jpn ver xP So it seems like they were saying whatever came to mind. But it was pretty funny
*explict language*
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[Urusei0Yatsura]

You would think since Urusei Yatsura is a classic anime then it would have a good english dub and what has been dubbed is incomplete. Its not even in print anymore and its not going to be renewed. Apparently there are six english dubs for Urusei Yatsura but I have only heard one.

Good dubs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaR1otjqnpQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFANjKtjp0o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw8-GY-0_yw

[Kasaioni]

Yea it is weird, you'd think it would get a pro dub like Inuyasha, but it really didn't.

It'd be great if it did, who knows what will happen in the future.

[REDACTED]

I have too chime in on this. I watch a lot of foreign movies and shows and I ALWAYS prefer the original language. The original voices are miles better wheter it's Japanese, Italian, French, German, Chinese or yes English.
The english voices do not do justice to original anime. Subs are not perfect but Dubs are always hideous to my ears.
FWIW the Japanese also do a horrible dubbing job on our stuff as well.
Just watch the Japanese dub of Ratchet & Clank: TOD it's also horrible!
I've watched a lot of great Japanese Doramas and they would be awful dubbed.
I've been watching subbed Anime since the early 1980's. I grew up on Speed Racer (1st run) and Kimba the White Lion (also 1st run)

Here is the awful dub of Ratchet & Clank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW7v-L4Nm38&feature=related

This one is also bad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d945RonCo34&feature=related

[UruseiNeo]

What about abridged series? Those are dubbed

[Urusei0Yatsura]

I like the abridged series, the later ones are funnier but the dub stays about the same. On the ratchet and clank Japanese dubs I can't tell if it's bad or not.

[REDACTED]

I like the abridged series, the later ones are funnier but the dub stays about the same. On the ratchet and clank Japanese dubs I can't tell if it's bad or not.

Have you heard the actual english voices?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e__Mn5U0px8&feature=related

I remember the Dub vs Sub wars many years ago. Basicallly I think people should watch anime they way they like. As long as they provide the original language with subtitles I'm happy.